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This week, students in the CoA+A will present programs and activities in response to the recent events surrounding the death of Keith Lamont Scott. On Tuesday, September 27, the School of Architecture and the local chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) will host a public forum on urban protests at 12:30pm […]

The College of Arts + Architecture presents War and Other Remnants, an installation by Jarod Charzewski, in Storrs Gallery from October 7 through December 1. The gallery will host an opening reception and artist talk on Friday, October 7, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Charzewski’s installations […]

Assistant Professor of Dance Rachel Barker will present her new work, “Back of [Y]our Neck,” as part of Emergence, an evening of dance presented by The Triangle Dance Project on Saturday, October 1, in Durham, NC. Barker will perform the duet with Audrey Rachelle, a guest artist from New York City. “Back of [Y]our Neck,” […]

The Department of Art & Art History presents two concurrent exhibitions in the Rowe Galleries, October 3 through November 2. Entrails, Geographies & Empathies, in the lower gallery, features new works on paper by the Kansas City (MO)-based artist Anne Austin Pearce: “My work responds to the ambiguous and transient nature of – and dynamic […]

The Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company is on campus through September 30 for the company’s first-ever “reconstruction residency” in the Department of Dance. Capping an 18-month research project led by Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones, the residency brings the Taylor 2 dancers from New York City to Charlotte to teach students in master classes […]

Dr. Lee Gray, a professor of architectural history in the School of Architecture and Senior Associate Dean in the College of Arts + Architecture, was recently quoted in the Wall Street Journal. The article, “Dumbwaiters on the Rise in New Home and Renovations,” looks at the resurgence of 19th-century-style dumbwaiters in contemporary high-rise apartment buildings […]

Lecturer Keith Bryant and art alumnus Bradley Tucker won first and second place, respectively, in the 31st Annual Sculpture Celebration, presented on September 10 by the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir, NC. The judge was Dr. Elizabeth (“Lee”) Kelley, curator of fine art collection development and management for the Chicago Transit Authority. Sixty-eight artists entered […]

SILO AR+D, founded by new Assistant Professor of Architecture Marc Manack, has recently received recognition as one of North America’s most promising new architecture firms. In February 2016, SILO AR+D won an Emerging Voices Award from the Architectural League of New York, one of eight practices honored. The online magazine Archipreneuer also named SILO AR+D […]

UNC Charlotte Director of Bands Shawn Smith conducted two concerts, on September 8 and 9, with the Banda Sinfόnica de la Provincia, a full-time professional band in Cόrdoba, Argentina. The concerts featured the world premiere of a clarinet concerto by James Lee III, an American composer, and took place in Cόrdoba’s 19th-century opera house, the […]

Dr. Jae Emerling, an associate professor in the Department of Art & Art History, is one of this year’s five finalists for the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence, one of the University’s most prestigious honors. The 2016 award winner will be announced on Friday, September 9, at a ceremony to be held at […]